At least 50 Cubans stranded in Peru after flight to Nicaragua canceled

Fifty Cubans were stranded for several days at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, after their flight to Nicaragua was cancelled.

“We have been here for three days. Because of the problems in Havana, because of the storm, our flight was delayed for two hours. When we arrived here, we had to continue on the left, and the airline is not responsible for putting us on another plane,” the Cuban dissident said. Medici Marrero Gilwho is among a group of stranded Cubans, told the journalist Mario Benton to Marty’s News.

Marrero Gil said that After exceeding the 24-hour period allowed by Peruvian immigration authorities to transit through the country’s airport, they face the risk of being deported to Cuba..

Each Cuban paid $2,800 for the plane ticket that would take him to Managua. This never arrived.

The Cuban oppositionist commented that the food situation is problematic due to the high prices of products inside the airport.

“An apple costs $2.50,” he said. “We sleep on the seats, and when we can’t take it anymore we cling to the floor,” said the woman, who is traveling with her two children.

He said that despite overstaying his legal stay at the airport, the next flight to Cuba would not depart until July 25. “All this time, the airline is not responsible,” he said.

“It’s very difficult to see ourselves in this situation and not have one answer for us. We see ourselves without support,” he said.

Flights to Nicaragua have been repeatedly cancelled in recent months, with Cuban travelers not receiving corresponding guarantees of a refund of the money they invested in leaving the island.

It will end in June, Cuban passengers who planned to travel to the Central American country with a stop in CaracasVenezuelan citizens protested at the entrance to Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, after their flight was cancelled without prior notice.

while In recent days, it has been widely reported how dozens of Cuban passengers have been demanding the low-cost airline “Wingo”. which allows them to travel to Bogota, Colombia, during a protest also at Havana airport.

“We want to fly,” passengers shouted to Colombian airline and airport officials, after Wingo decided to require a “visitor visa” from Cubans to stop in the South American country.

For their part, the regime’s clear opponents have no guarantees of safe entry into Nicaragua, a country allied with Cuba. A few days ago, The regime of dictator Daniel Ortega has banned Cuban activist and independent journalist Yoel Acosta Gámez and his wife, Alisani Loris Forones, from entering the country.When they were preparing to travel to the Central American country of Uruguay.

This is what a non-governmental organization (NGO) reported. Coplex In a post on social media, he reported on the entry ban to Nicaragua imposed by that country’s immigration authorities.

In the midst of the worst migration crisis in the country’s history, Cubans have no opportunity to protest, demand or request refunds from airlines or travel agencies, whether inside or outside the country. Instead of supporting their claims, the regime’s authorities respond with repression or agreements to influence their citizens.